As August looms upon FANGORIA, so does the first round of announcements from the FANGORIA-sponsored Texas Frightmare Weekend, the Southwest’s premiere horror convention and fright fan hotspot that is currently set for April 29th to May 1st. And now, with tickets to go on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m. CST, the good folks at Texas Frightmare Weekend have given FANGORIA the exclusive first word on a trifecta of horror royalty who will be gracing the convention this year!

This Monday, FANGORIA debuts our first original podcast on the FANGORIA Podcast Network, WE’LL SEE YOU IN HELL. Hosted by comedian/actor Joe DeRosa (“BETTER CALL SAUL”) and writer Patrick Walsh (“IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA”), WE’LL SEE YOU IN HELL offers commentaries on your favorite streaming fright flicks like no other, often descending into ball-breaking and irreverence that only our hosts could provide. And to give fans a look at DeRosa and Walsh’s taste for terror, FANGORIA caught up with the gruesome twosome about what five horror tropes they’d like to see rest in peace…

HORROR-RAMA, the fun-filled two-day fan event that celebrated its inaugural year last October in Toronto to great acclaim, returns again… bigger, bloodier and weirder than ever! The show, the brainchild of SUSPECT Video owner Luis Ceriz and FANGORIA/GOREZONE editor Chris Alexander, will run for two days– October 17th and 18th– in Toronto at the elegant Hyatt Regency hotel, located right in the heart of downtown Toronto beside film culture hub TIFF Bell Lightbox. More vendors. More space. More guests. More fun…

First time novelist Madelyn Schaer is only 12 years old, and already living her dream with the release of her horror novel PARANORMAL SCREAMS. To celebrate this amazing event, Madelyn is scheduled to sign at “America’s Home of Horror”, Dark Delicacies in Burbank, California on Friday Night from 6:00 until 9:00p.m.

Co-founded by South African FANGORIA contributor Paul Blom, the 11th annual South African HorrorFest is edging ever closer, set to roll out this Halloween. The awesome Cape Town-based fest has opened the first leg of feature-and short film submissions now, a window that will close at the end of August.

Filmmaker, FANGO editor and music composer Chris Alexander recently announced that his album MUSIC FOR MURDER has been picked up by noted dark, euro-cinematic music label Giallo Disco Records. Previously released in a different incarnation in a digital only platform via 2M1 Records, Giallo Disco has licensed the work for a radically different version, with added tracks, totally remastered.

For some horror fans, the polish and slickness of studio horror never quite strikes the creepy chord that the visceral voice of the underground can provide. Now in it’s eighth year, the Druid Underground Film Festival has specialized in getting the most artistic and surreal genre films in front of curious fright fans. And as the only nationally touring underground film festival in North America, DUFF may be making their way to a city near you, as the Festival recently announced their official dates as well as their official intermission video!

Late last year, FANGORIA was proud to announce that FANGO’s own Managing Web Editor Ken W. Hanley was slated to make his literary debut, penning the horror satire THE I IN EVIL: ACCEPTING AND EMBRACING THE MONSTER YOU ARE for Skyhorse Publishing. Now, Hanley’s book, described as a “self-help book for monsters”, has been officially dated for release, and FANGORIA has the exclusive first illustrations to unleash upon the world, which you can check out below.

Last week, L.A. FANGORIA Readers had a hell of a time at last week’s free screening of the fright flick DARK AWAKENING. Now, with the film preparing to expand nationwide from distributor Hanover House, FANGORIA has a brand new, exclusive poster from Dean Jones’ chiller, which stars genre icon Lance Henriksen!

Ever since THE EXORCIST changed the game over 40 years ago, there’s nothing quite like a child possession film to tap into the fears that so many have for their brothers, sisters, and children. Now, a new demonic force looks to rise in Ben Jehoshua’s THE CHOSEN, which looks to explore a whole new mythology in regards to demons and their desire for young souls. And with the Kian Lawley-starring film hitting theaters and VOD this week, FANGORIA is proud to premiere an exclusive clip from the fright flick!

FANGORIA will be hosting a free screening of AMNESIAC, the hypnotic psychological thriller from indie director Michael Polish (THE ASTRONAUT FARMER, TWIN FALLS IDAHO, NORTHFORK), in New York City on Monday, August 10th at 7 p.m. This special showing will be held at the Cinema Village (22 East 12th Street, off University Place).

HORROR-RAMA, the fun-filled two-day fan event that celebrated its inaugural year last October in Toronto to great acclaim, returns again… bigger, bloodier and weirder than ever! The show, the brainchild of SUSPECT Video owner Luis Ceriz and FANGORIA/GOREZONE editor Chris Alexander, will run for two days– October 17th and 18th– in Toronto at the elegant Hyatt Regency hotel, located right in the heart of downtown Toronto beside film culture hub TIFF Bell Lightbox. More vendors. More space. More guests. More fun…